EP 3659042 B1 20211006 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEDUPLICATING DATA
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEDUPLICATING DATA
Title (de)
GERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUR DE-DUPLIFIZIERUNG VON DATEN
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET METHODE POUR LA DEDUPLIFICATION DES DONNEES
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 2017071467 W 20170825
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2019037877A1] The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for storing received data blocks (101) as deduplicated data blocks (102), comprising a repository (103), storing one or more containers (104), each container (104) storing one or more data segments (105) and segment metadata (106) for each data segment (105), and a database (107), storing a plurality of deduplicated data blocks (102), each deduplicated data block (102) containing a plurality of references (108) to the data segments (105) of the received data block (101) and to the containers (104) storing these data segments (105), wherein the apparatus (100) is configured to maintain, in the repository (103), a plurality of block backup files (109), each block backup file (109) storing a copy of one or more deduplicated data blocks (102), and wherein the apparatus (100) is configured to associate a deduplicated data block (102) in the database (107) with the block backup file (109) in which a copy of the deduplicated data block (102) is stored.
IPC 8 full level
G06F 16/174 (2019.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 11/1453 (2013.01 - US); G06F 16/1748 (2018.12 - EP US); G06F 16/215 (2018.12 - US); G06F 2201/835 (2013.01 - US)
Citation (examination)
WO 2011082123 A1 20110707 - RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INC [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2019037877 A1 20190228; CN 109964217 A 20190702; CN 109964217 B 20211109; EP 3659042 A1 20200603; EP 3659042 B1 20211006; US 2020192760 A1 20200618
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2017071467 W 20170825; CN 201780041621 A 20170825; EP 17757553 A 20170825; US 202016800881 A 20200225